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(No Model.) J. W. KERNQDLE.

GHURN.

Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. KERNODLE, OF WINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,614, dated December15, 1885.

Application filed August 29, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. KERNODLE, of Winston, in the county ofForsyth and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ghurns; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of this improvement is to provide a churn-power of economicalconstruction and simple operation that will relieve and expedite thelabor of churning. These results are attained by the mechanismillustrated in the drawings herewith filed as part hereof, in which thesame letters of reference denote the same parts in the different views.

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, representing a churnembodying the fea tures of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front view of thesame. Fig. 3is a perspective representation of the dasher.

A is the churn-box.

A is the lid or cover, provided with knobs a, for convenience inremoving and replacing the same.

B is a rectangular dasher-frame having its parts connected by anysuitable means, and provided with a central piece, I)", to which thedasher rod B is rigidly affixed.

b represents perforations inthe dasher-rod, provided for a purposehereinafter set forth.

B B are agitators, diamond-shaped in crosssection, and pivotally orloosely connected to the perforated ends of the dasher-frame byjournals, as shown at 6, Figs. 1 and 3.

O is an operating-lever having a slot, 0, through which the dasher-rod Bis pivotally secured thereto by means of a bolt, 0'.

D is an arm orfulcrum affixed to the churnbox, and provided at its upperend with a slot of suitable depth for the reception of the end of thelever O, pivoted thereto by a bolt, 0, as fully shown in Fig. 2.

E is a spiral spring, provided at each end with a wood or metal plug orfilling, as shown at F, Fig. 1.

f f represent pins transversely driven Serial No. 141,754. (No model.)

through the arm D and plug or filling at the outer end of the spring E,thereby securing the connection of the spring and the arm.

G is alink passing through theplug or spring filling F and around thelever G, the under part of which is provided with a notch, g, for thereception of thelink G, the object of which is to connect the lever withthe spring, so that the elasticity of the latter will operate to returnthe lever to the position shown after the downstroke of the same.

By reason of the perforations b in the dasher-rod B, the latter may beadjusted to bring the dasher in suitable position to have either a shortor long stroke, and thus adapted to churning a greater or less quantityof cream. The agitators B, by reason of being jonrnaled to thedasher-frame, as set forth,will be given a rotary motion by theirmovement through the cream, by which its transformation into butter willbe accelerated. By reason of the lever C the dasher may be more easilyforced downward through the cream, and as the reaction of the springE-will materially assist in returning the dasher to an elevatedposition, it is obvious that the labor of churning will be largelydiminished by the mechanism shown and herein described.

Having explained the construction and operation of my improvement, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In churns, the box A. having removable slotted cover A and fulcralsupport D, in combination with the lever O, pivoted at c to the supportD, notched at g, and joined at c to the dasher-rod, the spring E, havingplugs at each end, and attached thereby, respectively, to the support Dand lever 0, rod B, having a series of holes, b to vary its stroke, anddasher B, having rotary agitators B", journaled therein, diamond-shapedin cross-section, the whole cooperating in the manner and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. KERNODLE.

Witnesses:

P. H. Boon, Gno. D. Honem.

